Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Notices for JANUARY 1899 January 2 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net October 8, 2004, 1:16 am The Cleburne New Era NEWSPAPER NOTICES FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEW ERA" for JANUARY 1899 NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, January 7, 1899 DIED - - Mrs. Mary Hill, wife of G.F. Hill and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.N. Watson, died at the home of her parents last Wednesday morning after a lingering illness of dropsy and was buried at New Harmony on Wednesday afternoon. Her husband and two children survive to mourn her death. She was 24 years old. The family of the deceased have the sympathy of a host of friends in their sadness. ___ W.H. SMITH, Ex-Governor of Alabama, Died at his home in Birmingham Sunday morning. Governor Smith was born in Georgia in 1826. In his early youth his father moved to Randolph County, Alabama and here Governor Smith was reared. He was the most prominent republican in the State. Previous to the war he represented his country in the State Legislature. Shortly after the war he was appointed circuit judge by Governor Parsons. In 1868 he became Governor of Alabama, succeding Governon Patton. He was for four years District attorney for the middle and northern district of Alabama. Since 1885 he has resided in the city of Birmingham, engaged in the practice of law. Governor Smith was a kind, gentle man and his family has the deepest sympathy of the people of this section in their bereavement. ___ NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, January 14, 1899 Born, to Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Ingersoll, Thursday, a fine girl. ___ NEWSPAPER issue of Saturday, January 28, 1899 Mrs. S.C. Zaner received the following letter from her son, who is a soldier in the U.S. Army in Porto Rico: Barros, Porto Rico, Jan 3, 1899 Dear Mama, I received your letter some few days ago and was indeed glad to hear from you all, but sorry to know you are not well. I am on detached service for thirty days; after our time is out here we will return to Abonita where are headquarters are. We have moved about a dozen times in a month. I like the detached service very well, don't have much work to do and Barros is a very nice place too, the people here are all very wealthy and treat us very nice. One of our men killed a Spanish black hand here yesterday, the black hand drew a machete on the soldier and the soldier shot him. I enlisted in the service for three years, we get relieved in 1900, we will then go back to San Antonio, Texas, our old post. I am going to have some photographs made the first opportunity. Only a few photographers on the island but I will have some made first chance and send them to you. Five of us from Birmingham, came across together, two in this troop and three in another. One of our men died Christmas day of heart disease and was buried in the National Cemetery at Ponce. Christmas was dull here indeed but we had a nice Christmas dinner. Four of us boys ordered a regular Porto Rican dinner, which was very fine. It cost us ten dollars in Spanish money. I bought a Spanish grammer and am going to study it. As I have nothing else to write will close, wishing for an early answer. Your son, I.B. Zaner Troop G, 5th Cav., Abonita Porto Rico. ____ Mrs. John Summers and sons, Clifford and Norman, of Anniston, spent Sunday in Helfin with the family of Dr. J.L. Simpson. __ The case of the State vs. Jordan Liner, Smith and Bently for the murder of Robert Hunnicutt was not tried at this term of the county court but was continued until the July term. ___ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/gnw166newspape.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb